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	<title><![CDATA[Surveys Show House Dems Maintain "Nearly Landslide Leads" Heading Into '08 Elections]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/07/31/surveys-show-house-dems-m_n_58592.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> Despite growing disapproval of Congress, Democratic House candidates -- both incumbents and challengers -- are steadily gaining ground for a 2008 election likely to be a repeat of 2006, according to two surveys (<a href="http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Democracy_Corps_July_31_2007_Memo.pdf">here</a> and <a href="http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/surveys/Democracy_Corps_July_25-29_2007_Battleground_Survey.pdf">here</a>) by Democracy Corps. </p>

<p>The surveys dispute the hardening conventional wisdom that the failure of Democrats to force the start of withdrawal from Iraq has turned voters against both parties. The notion that the public sees Democrats and Republicans as "equal offenders...completely...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:44:00-04:00</date_published>
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